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We look at a landfall sunday at 8:00 p.m., 145 miles per hour. stronger than andrew. hitter the central keys and then moving up the center of florida. hitting all of south florida. remember, this storm is about 340 miles wide. the eye wall is 70 miles wide. long-term, this is heads up for north florida and georgia. alabama. south carolina. tennessee. kentucky. because whats left of this circulation with driving rain and wind, wind in excess of 35 miles per hour, will be in tennessee by the time ...

East coast, it doesnt matter, talk to me about the winds and those who might be staying in their high rise buildings thinking thats a safe place to hide it out. >> the interesting thing there you think youre protected the larger building youre in, but as you go up 20 floors youre basically increasing, roughly, the strength of the wind by a category. anywhere from 15 to 25 miles per hour of wind. now, keep in mind these numbers are just incredible as it is. 155, 165, 145. it doesnt matter. if we ...

Mile winds and running all the way through on up toward jupiter and finally getting offshore. that would be worst case scenario. half would be on land, half would be on water and it didnt die and well still have 130 to 145-mile-per-hour winds all the way up the east coast. thats what were watching today. well keep you advised. >> thats a scary scenario. well check back with you. in florida coastal evac aches are under way. many scrambling for water, food and fuel. thats where we find cnns rosa...

Landfall in miami? >> pretty devastating, obviously, anderson. when we look at a storm of this magnitude, its defying really the rules of nature here, by hanging at a cat 5 for so long. this track, if it goes right, moves toward cuba, and comes up from the south, its going to affect millions of people. so for those that are dseciding they want to hang out a little longer, that krour youre in a high-rise building. take a look at this. keep this in mind. winds at a cat 3 or cat 4, at the surface, ...

We have more information coming in on hurricane irma, namely the damage it could do if and when it hits south florida so lets go to tom sater in the weather center. how bad could the winds be if this storm makes a direct landfall in miami? >> pretty devastating, obviously, anderson. when we look at a storm of this magnitude, its defying really the rules of nature here, by hanging at a cat 5 for so long. this track, if it goes right, moves toward cuba, and comes up from the south, its going to af...

If you live in a, lets say, the 80th floor to 100th, thats 30% stronger. so that same 145 mile per hour wind, anderson, is up to 189. its amazing. youre going to see cranes swirling. three weeks ago, we had a typhoon in hong kong. we had hundreds and hundreds of panes of glass fall from high-rise buildings as well. not a safe place. >> tom, quickly, a few minutes ago i talked to a scientist flying through the middle of the storm to gauge its strength, above the storm, he said its actually gettin...

145-mile-per-hour wind gusts in miami, we are talking miami being a tall city, some buildings are over 700 feet tall. 174 in the middle, then above that, 189 miles per hour at the top. in fact, thats such a significant difference with the power in the force of the wind that its not just a straight line. so, earlier today, they took a drop which is like a weather balloon, but they drop it out of the plane and found 140-mile-per-hour wind at the surface. 600 feet up, they found 206. if you are in ...

The color of white, however, you can see how large that is, thats over 100 miles per hour. now, i dont want to scare anybody, but i think its good to know, if you decide to hang out in a high-rise, the winds increase the higher you go off the ground. the forecast right now in miami is about 145-mile-per-hour winds. if you live in a high-rise around the 30th story, those winds increase by 20%. because its not dealing with the friction of the earth. so that 145 is 174. if you live a little bit hig...

Cuba. the models bringing it into cuba before the right turn. notice as the turn occurs in the last couple of days, weve seen this shift back to the west, back to the east. high concentration again wanting to bring this in and around miami, points eastward early sunday morning, and then up the coastline along the carolinas, potentially coastal georgia for landfall. you see the official track from the national hurricane center. category four on approach toward areas around miami and then potentia...

Rico. brianna. >> big concern. realistic concern there. george howell in san juan, thank you, sir. you heard george talking about how unusual this is. irma is only the fourth storm in the recorded history of atlantic hurricanes to grow this strong weather experts are stunned by what theyre seeing. we have seth borrwith us, a sci writer for the associated press. i want to show our viewers something. you said, ive been covering hurricanes and storm science for more than 25 years and i have never...